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why become an entrepreneur
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Female Entrepreneurs are Everywhere!
A Look at Female Entrepreneurs Female entrepreneurs are all around us and it is becoming increasingly common for business owners to be women. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners: More than 9.1...
Nurse Turns Entrepreneur with Tottels, Towels for Tots
Nurse gets entrepreneurial inspiration from her family Surgical nurse Neeta Tvelil said she was tired of picking up towels from the bathroom floor. She had three sons within five years and needed to cut down her...
Amazon: What’s All The Hubub, Bub?
Hi gang. This is the first of a 2 part series about Amazon and eBay. I'm going to talk about each sites positives and negatives from a large sellers point of view. Please keep in...
Unleash Your Passion
I've been lying awake at night... unable to sleep. It'll be 2:00 in the morning and I'll get up and walk around the house, attempting to tame a mind that is racing with ideas. Does...
Richard Branson’s “Luck”
I just read this in the May 14 issue of The New Yorker and wanted to pass it along. Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Atlantic (and about 130 other "Virgin" brands) says about entrepreneurship: I...
Are you up to it?
A thirst for knowledge is essential for those who truly want to become successful entrepreneurs. As a small business owner, I know the fundamental challenge that every business owner faces: time. "I don't have time...
Getting things done
Entrepreneurs are often go-getters; people that can do anything ... for anyone ... and, yes, sometimes overcommit. I recently read David Allen's, Getting Things Done and found it one of the most helpful books I've...
Maple Syrup Festival is Entrepreneurship in Action
Tomorrow’s the day!! The annual Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival is here!! What began as a joke for Suzanne and I 15 years ago (she told me that she could never marry a man who ate...
Why There’s Hope for Silicon Valley
Last evening I went to a networking event organized by the StartupNation community members from northern California. I had no idea what to expect. I had spent the day in and out of meetings with...
The true mark of an entrepreneur
Everyone, including us, raves about the first-and-foremost quality of an entrepreneur... you know what it is... PASSION. But alas, that may not be true. Lately, our idea of the true mark of an entrepreneur has...
Congratulations to an Entrepreneur
One of our customers was just named Entrepreneur of the Week by Inc.com, the online version of Inc Magazine. We love to see our small-biz customers grow and prosper -- it's why we're here. Congratulations,...
Entrepreneurs vs Business Owners
Is there a difference between an entrepreneur and a business owner? Can you be one and not the other? Or be the other and not the one? Or be neither and still be self employed?...
Britney Spears as an Entrepreneur?
Yes, that is exactly the kind of conversation that goes on sometimes in the StartupNation community forums. And for good reason. It's often the wacky, off the wall, “bend your mind just a little bit”...
My REAL Introduction
This is my first official blog entry EVER. It's true, I have not blogged before, so excuse me if I am off a bit on etiquette, acronyms, etc. After reading my bio that was posted,...
Entrepreneur Word of the Day: Energy
I woke up this morning after only 6 hours of sleep with the most energy I've had in years. Then I had a conversation with an entrepreneur in Las Vegas who manufactures kids energy drinks....
Getting Engaged to Entrepreneurship
Well, it happened again. I had the best intentions to go into management consulting following my recent departure from Charisma Arts, but it seems like I'll be starting another business. Just can't escape it! I...
What’s REALLY important about being an entrepreneur
We all know the importance of balance in our lives. We've all heard about how nobody at the end of their life wished that they had worked more. (I'm not totally buying that, by the...